First, Alienware’s Steam Machine does look great in any entertainment center, sandwiched among your TV, DVR, Roku, and PS4. Compact and discreet, it’s about the same size as an original Wii ...

The Alienware Steam Machine itself delivers the reasonably priced, console-like PC gaming experience that Dell promised it would. The SteamOS and Steam Controller that come packed with the PC are ...

The Alienware Steam Machine is an interesting and sometimes compelling new system with promise. For $449, the cost of entry is much higher than say NVIDIA's SHIELD console, but then again, SHIELD ...

Let's take a look. Hardware We're going to be comparing the hardware of the PS4, Xbox One, Alienware Steam Machine, and a home-built PC. This obviously isn't a 1:1 comparison.

For the price, the Alienware Steam Machine is a very cool little living room Linux PC dialed in for gaming. However, it will take more push from Valve to make the platform viable for the long run.

All that said, Alienware’s Steam Machine is still a solid mid-range gaming PC for $450. So far, my Steam Machine hasn’t had much trouble with any of the games I’ve thrown at it, including a ...

The same can’t be said of Alienware’s Steam Machine. Alienware has none of the “this-will-last-you” of a console and none of the easy upgrade path that keeps your standard PC tower relevant.

Alienware's Steam Machine took me 15 minutes to set up. I removed it from the box, plugged it in, and had it fully updated in the time it took me to think about making a sandwich but then, at the ...

Alienware's Steam Machines won't be built to support upgrading, the company has revealed, although those seeking new hardware will be able to buy fresh models each year.

We still offer SteamOS and the Steam Machine platform with the new version of the Alpha – the new Steam Machine R2 – and we still sell hundreds of units, thousands of units every month.

Dell's Alienware Alpha desktop gaming PC is still aiming for the end of 2014, and still running Windows 8 as its operating system, rather than the still-delayed Steam Machine platform from Valve.

Alienware Steam Machine Configuration Tested Intel Core i3 Powered Operating System SteamOS Processor 4th Generation Intel Core i3-4170T Processor Dual-Core (3MB Cache, up to 3.2 GHz) Storage ...